Capillary Electrophoresis of Dendrimer‐Related Medical Nanodevices

Abstract

Recent advances in dendrimer‐based nanomedicine show that dendrimers have been used in many different ways in medical applications. Dendrimer can be used as a platform to covalently conjugate targeting moieties and to physically encapsulate drug molecules inside their interior to improve the water solubility and bioavailability of the drugs. Various types of analytical techniques have been used to characterize dendrimeric nanoparticles, including capillary electrophoresis (CE). This article gives an overview of the recent advances of CE analysis and characterization of various dendrimer nanomaterials from simple dendrimer derivatives to complex multifunctional dendrimeric medical nanodevices.